Rail-joint.



c. C. STOCKTON,

RAIL' JOINT.

APPLIUATIUN FILED 11111.22, 1910.

Patented July 19, 1919.

. To all 'it-may concern:V y

UNITED sTATEs PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES c. stiocxmolv, or LITTLE Boex, ARKANSAS.

RAILLJQINT.

Application filed March 22, 1910. Serial No. 550,958.

Be it known that I, CHARLES C. `Sfroo'x- TON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Little Rock, .in the county of Pulaski and State of Arkansas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Rail-Joints, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to rail joints, and the object of theinvention is the provision of novel means whereby rail sections may be securely fastened together and the rails prevented from creeping; furthermore Lto provide a device which is extremely simple in construction, strong, durable, comparatively inexpensive and highly eliicient in use.

Another object of the invention .is to provide a rail joint which may beeasily removed and replaced when desired and which will secure the railstogether in a manner that will effectively prevent the sagging of the rail ends when the wheels of a carv pass from the end of one rail to the end of the succeedin rail, thus materially adding to the life o the railas well as the traveling public.

With the above, and other objects in view, which will appear as the description progresses, the invention resides in the novel construction and combination` of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.I n

In the accompanying drawings there has been illustrated a simple and preferred embodiment of the improvement, and in which drawings,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the meeting ends of a pair of rails connected by my transverse sectional view of the same. Fig.

8 is a perspective view of the rail chair.

Fig. 4 is a similar view of one of the 4iish plates. l

In the accompanying drawing the numeral 1 designates thc meeting ends of a air of rails. These ends 1 areconstructed 1n the usual manner, having a head 2, base flange .3, and a connecting web 4.

The numeral 5 desi ates the chair for the rail ends. This cha1r 5 comprises a horizontally straight portion G havingA its sides bent upwardly an at an angle toward each other to provide the overlying flanges 7. The base 6 is of a width equaling that' of the base flange 3 of the 4rail and the overlying anges 7 are adapted to contact with the the comfortof 'suitable spikes l5,

upper faces of the said rail and'ltorteiminate at the juncture of the base langejaljid the web yof the rail. By this arrangementit vwill be noted thatV the contiguous. meeting ends ofthe rails are received by the chair 5 and thatv lateral'movement of the said rails is effectively prevented. `v y The ends ofthe overlying flanges 7 of the chair member 5. are *eachl provided with suitable ears 8, and these earsvare adapted to abut against the overlying flanges 9, provided upon the fish plates 10. Each 'of the fish plates employed in the'present instance comprisesl the overlying flange 9 'which is adapted to be positioned directly above the overlying flange 7 of the chair 5 and integrally formed .with the said flange 9 in an upstanding or vertical flange 11. The flanges 11 are adapted tov underlie the head `2 of the rails and the extremities of the overlyin flanges 9 are bent downwardly as at 12 and from thence outwardly, preferably at an angle as indicated by the numeral 13. The outwardly'projectin portion 13 is provided with a plurality o spike openings 14, the same being adapted for the rece tion of It is to be un erstood that the olfset portions 13 of the fish plates 10 are constructed of suitable malleable material and the spikes 15 ,are adapted to be driven within the ties 16 at an angle so that the said inclined portions 13 will cause the fish plates to tightly abut against the chair. 5. The vertical members 11 of the fish plates 10 are provided with suitable openings adapted to aline with similar openings within the web 4 of the rail, and these openings are adapted for. the reception of suitable secuiing elements 17.

From the above description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and advantages of my improved rail-joint will be readily apparent Iwithout requiring any further description. It will be seen that the device is simple of Spe'ci-catonof Letters Patent. Patented illy-19, 191.0.

construction, that said construction permits details of construction, within the scope of the following claims may be resorted to if desired.

Having thus fully described the invention, what I claim as new is l. In combination With the meeting ends of a pair of rails and rail ties therefor, of a chair for the rails, saidchair comprising a base portion provided with inclined anges adapted to engage the flanges of' the rails, and sh plates for the rails, said fish plates each comprising an overlying portion having a vertical extension adapted to underlie the heads of the rails, the overlying portion bein further provided With an inclined offset, aid inclined offset having openings adapted for the reception of spikes.

2. `In combination with the meeting ends of'a pair of rails7 andties therefor, of a rail chair, said rail chair comprising a base member provided With oppositely disposed inclined members, the ends of the inclined members being provided with ears, fish plates having overlying flanges positioned between the said ears, said fish plates being further provided With vertical offsets underlying the heads of the rails, the said overlying flanges being further provided with inclined longitudinally extending offsets provided With openings adapted for the reception of spikes, substantially as described. In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

Witnesses.

FRED L. PAAR, WALLACE F. WAGNER 

